312 MERRILL. 



2'')2, January, 1004: Province of Lagiina, Los Bafios, HaUier s. n., December, 

 1903; Elmer S.lJi:L April. lOOO: Province of Zanibales, ]Mount Abu, Bur. Sci. 

 2006 Foxworthy, December, 190(5: Province of Benguet, Sablan, Elmer G19G, April, 

 1904. 



A species allied to Frci/ciiict ia liizonciisis Pi-esl, and to /•'. miiltifioni Meri\, 

 differing from tlic former in its lonj^er leaves, lonjj^er and difl'erently shaped 

 sj'ncarps which are more nnmeions, and from tiie latter in its shoi-ter. fewer 

 syncarps and shorter leaves. It is tiu; species previously (Ictciiniiied by me as 

 F. luzonensis Presl.* 



7. Freycinetia curranii sp. nov. S Olii/osl'n/Dia. 



Scandens; I'ainis teretibus, circitcr l..") em crassLs; foliis numerosis, 

 congestis, coriaceis, nitidis, pallidis, liiirai-i-laiiccolatis vcl aiiuusle laneeo- 

 latis, 40 ad 50 cm longis, 2 ad 3 cm ]atis, apiee seiisim longe aeuiiiinatis, 

 basi vix angiistatis, vagiiiaiilibus, iiiarginibtis apicem basimque versus 

 spiimloso-dentatis. in media ])av{e inermil)iis, costa suhtus in ])arte siiper- 

 iore spimiloso-aculeatis. Spadicibus ternis, fnietiferis oblongis, cylin- 

 draceis, circiter 4 cm longis, 1 ad 1.3 cm crassis ; fnictibus cylindraceis, 

 angulatis, basi plus minus carnosis, partibus supei-i()i'il)us liberis, 3 mm 

 longis, angulatis. truncatis, stigmatibus 2 vel 3; ])endunculis scaliridis, 

 2 em longis. 



Luzon, Province of Camarines, Mount Isarog, For. Bur. 11S5f) Curran, May, 

 1908, in forests at 1,000 m. alt. 



A species allied to F. (luricuhita Merr., but with syncarps less than one-half 

 as long as in that species, the auricles at the base of the leaves membranaceous, 

 and attached to the leaf margin for their entire length, with no free ovate portion. 



S. Freycinetia multiflora .Merr. in IMiilip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) 2.")9 ; Klmer 

 Ix-ati. Philip. Bot. 1 (1907) 213. 



Luzo.v, Province of Tayabas, Lucban, Elmer 80,1!), HOOD, May. 1907: Province 

 of Laguna, Mount Maquiling, For. Bur. 7768 Curran d Merritt, October. 1907: 

 Province of Rizal, Bosoboso, For. Bur. 290Jf Ahern's collector, April, 1905; Bur. 

 Sei. 2092 Uamos, February, 1907. MiNDORO, Mount Ilalcon, Merrill SiiJiT, Novem- 

 ber, 1906 (type). Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemem 73, 

 J028, January, 1906, May, 1907; Province of Misamis, Mount Malindang, For. 

 Bur. Ji(>72 Meurns d- Hutrhinson. .\biy, 190(5: District of Davao. .M<>\int Apo. 

 Copcland 120H, April, 1904. 



Closely ftllieil.to the i)rece(ling,. but apparently distinct. F. hizonrnsi.^i, F. 

 rohinHonii, and /'. multipira form a group of allied species, and additional material 

 may lead t(( a diU'ereiit disposition of some of the specimens cited alxivc 



9. Freycinetia auriculata sp. nov. S (tluionl'uiuiu. 



Scandens, robiista, ramulis circiter I em ci-assis : fuliis eoi-iaeeis, nitidis. 

 40 ad CO em longis, 1 ad 1.5 cm latis, pallidis. apiee seiisim att<?nual()- 

 aeiimiiialis. basi baud angiislal is. vable \ aginaiil ilms, aui-ieidat is. auri- 

 culis ? ad 10 mm longis, obtusis, coriaeeis. maiginibns aeulealis, costa 

 subtus in partibus superioribus plus minus aeub-atis; iidbireseentiis 

 IcrnMnaiibiis. Iii'aeteis delapsis ; spadieilms lei'iiis. iViiel i fei-is eyi indraeeis, 



' I'Inlii,. .Iinini. Sri. 1 (1911(5) Siippl. 2.'). 



